Systems Administrator - II/ENGINEER UNIX – PLATFORM ENGINEERING

AmNet Services, Inc.; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology solutions provider is seeking an experienced Engineer UNIX to manage systems and infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have over 7 years of UNIX administration experience, primarily in Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Responsibilities include providing technical support, creating system diagrams, and training support personnel. Strong scripting, virtualization, and customer service skills are critical. This contract role is based in Dallas, Texas and supports a dynamic environment requiring technical expertise and effective communication.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of UNIX administration experience.
• 5+ years on Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
• Experience in large production environments.

Responsibilities

• Provide primary engineering support for customer accounts.
• Create and maintain system/network flow diagrams.
• Conduct ongoing training for first-line support personnel.

Skills

UNIX operating systems administration

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Enterprise class server hardware

Scripting languages (UNIX shells, PERL)

Storage Area Network products (EMC, NetApp)

VMWare vSphere/ESXi

Internet networking technologies (TCP/IP, DNS/BIND)

Customer-focused service

Excellent documentation skills

Strong communication skills

Education

Associate degree in a relevant field

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

HP OpenView

VMWare vSphere

Job description

Overview

Contract role. America Networks is a leading sensor and networking solutions partner for companies in any Industrial, Manufacturing, and Waste management space. We design and manufacture sensors for storage tanks, water metering, energy metering, gas monitoring, and asset management. Our founders are hardcore telecommunications engineers with combined 200+ years of experience in designing, optimizing and performance engineering; for several mid – large wireless carriers internationally - that saw a need to provide low power, cost efficient sensors to collect data, create alerts, and predict needed actions. We have combined these sensors with low power, wide area (LPWA) networking technologies to provide clients various options to decrease re-occurring costs associated with operating an IoT network of sensors and connected devices. We specialize in design, deployment, optimization, and support of these Networks. Whether an off-the-shelf or custom solution is needed, we’ll create a solution and push the data on the best cloud platform to fit your needs, including your own.

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Responsibilities

ENGINEER UNIX – PLATFORM ENGINEERING

Engineer will provide services as the primary engineer assigned to customer accounts in support of their systems, infrastructure and daily administration and management. Engineer will work closely with Service Delivery Managers and internal teams to ensure that all aspects of the customer\'s ongoing system support and administration are successful. Engineer will be responsible for the creation and maintenance of system/network flow diagrams, custom monitors, RTS (Return to Service) documents, knowledge base articles as needed, and other proactive service improvement initiatives. Engineer will be available for escalations 24x7 on an on-call basis. He/She will conduct ongoing training for first line support personnel on their assigned customer\'s environment. Identifies and corrects recurring technical issues within their assigned customer(s) environments. Advises customer and acts as their SME (subject matter expert) for their environment for ongoing upgrades and infrastructure improvements.

Knowledge, Skills & Experience

(describes minimum levels of formal education, training, and applicable experience required to perform the role.)

Qualified candidates MUST possess the following:

• A two year associate degree is required (bachelor degree in computer science or related major is preffered).
• 7+ years’ solid experience in UNIX operating systems administration, with last 5 years’ experience on Red Hat Enterprise Linux on Intel x86-64, RHCSA for version 5 or above.
• 5+ years large production environment experience working with enterprise class server hardware platforms; preferably HP Proliant, IBM xSeries, CISCO UCS, and Sun Microsystems.
• 5+ years’ workflow and system administration task automation experience using scripting language such as UNIX shells and/or PERL.
• 5+ years hands on experience in supporting storage/Storage Area Network products such as EMC or NetApp.
• 5+ years virtualization experience using VMWare vSphere/ESXi V5.x and above
• Hands on experience with system management tools such as HP OpenView, HP Server Automation, HP Network Automation, HP Operations Orchestration and Remedy
• Strong working knowledge of Internet networking technologies and principals including TCP/IP and DNS/BIND.
• Understanding of overall business functions and the impact of technical decisions on business results.
• Ability to work in a team environment that requires a great deal of independent thinking and work execution.
• Demonstrated commitment to providing customer-focused quality service.
• Excellent oral, written and interpersonal communications skills.
• Exceptional documentation skills are required.
• Exceptional planning skills and ability to work within change control parameters.
• Ability to work well under pressure.
• Ability to follow policies and procedures that dictate minimum standards for ticket handling, such as customer communication status updates, timelines for escalation, management communication status updates, etc.

Preferred qualifications

• ITIL v3 Foundation certification preferred
• Certified as RHCE for version 5 or above.
• Oracle DB experience as it relates to troubleshooting and support.
• Technical Lead experience or senior level escalations experience.
• Intel, AMD based blade server experience, using any UNIX or LINUX version.
• System management tools - HP Openview, HP Server Automation, HP Operations Orchestration and Remedy.
• Practical or educational background in development principles.
• Any developer experience using PHP, Ruby, Python